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Blend equal parts Harry Potter, Cornelia Funke's Inkheart, and Ghostbusters and add a healthy dose of withering satire on the U.S. education system, and you have Edward Bloor's clever new novel, Story Time. When eighth grader Kate and her Uncle George (who is two years younger than her) receive letters inviting them to attend the Whittaker Magnet School, home of nasty protein shakes and the freakish "Test-Based Curriculum," their reactions are mixed. George, somewhat of a genius, is pleased, while Kate is horrified. Still, as a search on-line reveals, their house is suddenly in the Whittaker school district, so off they go. It's not long, before they discover something very strange is afoot at their new school. For one thing, the Whittaker-Austin family has rather alarming delusions of grandeur. For another, it seems a number of people have died at the school under mysterious circumstances. Then there's the librarian called Pogo, who speaks only in Mother Goose rhymes. With the President of the United States on his way for a tour of the school, the Whittaker-Austins want to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible--meaning no dead bodies in the soft drink cooler, no shenanigans from the mushroom-pale zombie students, and definitely no unscheduled visits from the resident demon.
As in his previous young adult novels, Tangerine and Crusader, Bloor's characters sparkle with life (or glow with unearthly non-life…). Story Time is hilarious, biting, and tremendously fun to read. (Ages 11 and older) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Grade 6-9-A book filled with social satire, black comedy, fantasy/humor, and extreme situations. Eighth-grader Katie and her brilliant Uncle George, a sixth grader, find themselves mysteriously redistricted and assigned to Whittaker Magnet School, which focuses entirely on excellence in standardized testing. The regimented kids are taught by regimented teachers in the basement of a haunted old library building and the school is run by a strange family obsessed with its own achievements, whether they are earned or not. All sorts of things are amiss at Whittaker, where elitism reigns; where dramatic deaths are hidden nearly as carefully as the dark secrets involving the building, the town, and the people who live there; and where appearances are paramount. Back at home, Kate lives with her agoraphobic mom, who has mysterious ties to the library, while George lives next door. Kate wants only to return to Lincoln Middle, where she could play Peter Pan and be with friends, while George tries to make the best of what is a monstrously warped situation. The Whittaker family goes to extremes to impress the visiting First Lady, creating an atmosphere ripe for catastrophe-as well as for redemption. This expansive and engrossing tale has elements of Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling, and J. M. Barrie (the Peter Pan subtheme is not coincidental), but with a decidedly American flair. The many seemingly unconnected threads do eventually come together, but it is hardly worth the effort as this overly ambitious author has spread himself way too thin.-Mary R. Hofmann, Rivera Middle School, Merced, CA
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Kate was flying. She was thinking beautiful thoughts, and she was flying. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sippity sup, rolling refrigerator, applause signal, blue shower curtain, black cart, rotating door, book cart, magnet school, service elevator, aquatic park Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Lady, Bud Wright, Walter Barnes, King's County, Whittaker Magnet School, Juku Warriors, Peter Pan, Agent Pflaum, Susan Singer-Wright, Laser Cannon, Orchid the Orca, United States, Cornell Whittaker Number Two, Rosetta Turner, Whittaker Building, County Commission Room, Story Time, George Melvil, Mother Goose, Kate Peters, Lincoln Middle School, Whittaker Library, William Anderson, Cornelia Whittaker-Austin, Holographic Scanner New!
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Kate was flying. She was thinking beautiful thoughts, and she was flying. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sippity sup, rolling refrigerator, applause signal, blue shower curtain, black cart, rotating door, book cart, magnet school, service elevator, aquatic park Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Lady, Bud Wright, Walter Barnes, King's County, Whittaker Magnet School, Juku Warriors, Peter Pan, Agent Pflaum, Susan Singer-Wright, Laser Cannon, Orchid the Orca, United States, Cornell Whittaker Number Two, Rosetta Turner, Whittaker Building, County Commission Room, Story Time, George Melvil, Mother Goose, Kate Peters, Lincoln Middle School, Whittaker Library, William Anderson, Cornelia Whittaker-Austin, Holographic Scanner New!
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- Peter Pan by Golden on page 318, page 415, and page 420
- The History of Spiritualism (v. 1) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle on page 113, and page 252
- The Key to Theosophy (Quest Book) by H. P. Blavatsky on page 113
- The Old Curiosity Shop (Penguin Classics) by Charles Dickens on page 165
- The First Lady. by April Ashley on page 360
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- Naked Reading: Uncovering What Tweens Need to Become Lifelong Readers by Teri Lesesne on page 32, page 34, and Back Matter
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